A conference on “From Policy to Action – Integrated approaches for combating plastics and marine litter prevention in Bangladesh” was held today at the Auditorium of the Department of Environment (DoE), Agargaon, Dhaka. The conference was implemented by the Department of Environment in collaboration with UNIDO and the Norwegian government. The day-long seminar was chaired by Mr. Md Kamruzzaman, ndc, ...

Sheikh Hasina’s residence Sudha Sadan was also set on fire by protesters at 12midnight on Wednesday. Since the ousting of the Sheikh Hasina government during the student uprising on August 5, Sudha Sadan, located on Road 5 in Dhanmondi, had been completely vacated. According to Fire Service officials the fire at the residence was discovered around 11:30PM. Later the fire ...

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested actress Meher Afroz Shaon from Dhaka’s Dhanmondi area on Thursday evening. Rezaul Karim, DB chief of the DMP, confirmed the matter.

An arrest warrant has been issued for a New York doctor indicted on Friday by a Louisiana grand jury for allegedly prescribing abortion pills online to a pregnant minor in the Deep South state, which has one of the strictest near-total abortion bans in the country. Grand jurors at the District Court for the Parish of West Baton Rouge unanimously ...

Police on Thursday recovered the body of a child, who went missing on Wednesday, with her throat and hands cut in Moulvibazar’s Kamalganj. The body was recovered in the morning from section number 11 of a tea garden next to Camellia Tea Garden at Shamsernagar of the upazila. The victim was Purnima Reli, daughter of Apara Reli, a tea worker ...

Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) and Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (ICAEW) have expressed willingness to continue their work together on educational and professional development issues. Presidents of the two prestigious CA institutes expressed their keenness in a recent meeting on the sidelines of South Asia Federation of Accountants (SAFA) in New Delhi, India, a ...

Gold prices in Bangladesh have surged to an all-time high, with the Bangladesh Jewellers Association (Bajus) increasing the rate of 22-carat gold by Tk 2,928 per bhori. The revised price now stands at Tk 147,818 per bhori, the highest recorded in the country’s history. The latest adjustment takes effect from Thursday, February 6, following a rise in the price of ...

Australia all-rounder Marcus Stoinis on Thursday announced his immediate retirement from one-day international cricket, leaving Australia needing to replace the all-rounder in their Champions Trophy squad. The surprise announcement is another blow to world champions Australia ahead of the elite eight-team 50-over tournament which begins on February 19 in Pakistan and Dubai. All-rounder Mitchell Marsh has already been ruled out ...

Arsenal lacked their usual composure, according to manager Mikel Arteta, as his side bowed out of the League Cup semi-final with a 4-0 aggregate defeat by Newcastle United on Wednesday. Arteta said his team arrived with high expectations that they could overcome a 2-0 deficit from the first leg, but after Martin Odegaard wasted a glorious early chance, they faded. ...

A three-member BNP delegation, including party acting chairman Tarique Rahman’s daughter Zaima Rahman, met Robert A. Destro, the former US Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labour. The delegation held the meeting with Robert Destro in Washington on Wednesday, according to a post on the party’s verified Facebook page. The other two members of the delegation were ...